This is a level five Chinese conversation course. It is for students who have already mastered about 2000 Chinese words and some basic grammar points and can use Chinese for daily communication. Students improve their communication skills and improve their ability at expressing their ideas in fluent paragraphs. The course content includes description of the characteristics of different people’s appearances, narration of a recent event, and summarization or debate over controversial issues.
Text: HAN YU ZONG HENG 4, 2nd edition, Publisher: Beijing Language & Culture University Press.
Assessment: class participation, midterm, assignments (60%), final exam (40%).